Openable Labor-saving Stapler

ABSTRACT

a labor-saving stapler having a base, an anvil, a pair of frames having front gears, a staple magazine pivot to the frames, a first elastic element between the base and the staple magazine, a striker lever having a striker and middle striker openings, a second elastic element between the staple magazine and the striker lever, a pressing lever having rear gears meshable with the front gears, middle lever openings and a middle pin passing across the middle striker and lever openings. The stapler is labor-saving and credible.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a stationery stapler, and more particularly, toa stapler which is credible and efficiently labor-saving.

2. Description of Related Art

Staplers are a common used stationery. It is used to staple a pile ofpapers up. A conventional labor-saving stapler has a base which is ableto be placed on a plane, such as a table, an anvil formed on a front endof the base, a pair of frames formed on a rear end of the base, a rearpin passing across a rear portion of the pair of frames, a top pinpassing across a top portion of the pair of frames, a staple magazinehaving a magazine rear pivotally linked to the rear pin and a magazinefront containing staples, a striker lever having a striker rear alsopivotally linked to the rear pin and a striker front having a strikerfor pressing a staple out from the staple magazine, a hand lever havinga lever rear pivotally linked either to the top pin or to the strikerlever and a lever front which is able to be pressed down by a hand of auser, and a leverage provided between the striker lever and the handlever for saving labor of the user to press down the hand lever.

However, the leverage of such stapler always has a complex structurewhich often out of work in actual use. Therefore it is desirable that alabor-saving having high efficiency and simple yet credible structure isprovided.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The main object of the invention is to provide an openable labor-savingstapler having credibility and a high labor efficiency.

In order to accomplish the above objects, the present invention providesan openable labor-saving stapler having a base, an anvil formed on afront end of the base, a pair of frames being formed on a rear end ofthe base and each having a rear hole and a front gear, a rear pinpassing across the rear holes on the pair of frames, a staple magazinehaving a magazine rear pivotally linked to the rear pin and a magazinefront, a first elastic element between the base and the staple magazine,a striker lever having a striker rear pivotally linked to the rear pin,a striker front having a striker, and a pair of middle striker openingsdefined therein, a second elastic element between the staple magazineand the striker lever, and, a pressing lever having a lever front, apair of rear gears each being meshable with one of the front gears, apair of middle lever openings defined therein, a middle pin passingacross the middle striker openings in the striker lever and the middlelever openings in the pressing lever, a third elastic element betweenthe striker lever and the pressing lever, and, a hand cover pivotallylinked to the rear pin.

These and other objectives, features, and advantages of the presentinvention will become apparent from the following detailed description,the accompanying drawings, and the appended claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a perspective schematic view of a preferred embodiment of anopenable labor-saving stapler of the invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the openable labor-savingstapler shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a hand cover of the openablelabor-saving stapler shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a partially side plane view of the openable labor-savingstapler shown in FIG. 1. And,

FIG. 5 is a side plane view of the openable labor-saving stapler shownin FIG. 1 in a status of being opened.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference to FIGS. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5, a labor-saving stapler 1 ofthe invention is shown. The labor-saving 1 has a base 10 which is ableto be placed on a plane, such as a table, an anvil 11 formed on a frontend of the base 10, a pair of frames 12 being formed on a rear end ofthe base 10 and each having a rear hole 13 and a front gear 14, a rearpin 15 passing across the rear holes 13 on the pair of frames 12, astaple magazine 20 having a magazine rear 21 pivotally linked to therear pin 15 and a magazine front 22 containing staples (not shown in theFigs.), a first elastic element 23 between the base 10 and the staplemagazine 20, a striker lever 30 having a striker rear 31 also pivotallylinked to the rear pin 15, a striker front 32 having a striker 33 forpressing one staple out from the staple magazine 20, and a pair ofmiddle striker openings 34 defined therein, a second elastic element 35between the staple magazine 20 and the striker lever 30, a pressinglever 40 having a lever front 41, a pair of rear gears 42 each beingmeshable with one of the front gears 14 on the frames 12, a pair ofmiddle lever openings 43 defined therein, a middle pin 44 passing acrossthe middle striker openings 34 in the striker lever 30 and the middlelever openings 43 in the pressing lever 40, a pair of front leveropenings 45 defined therein, a front pin 46 passing across the pair offront lever openings 45, and a pair of square sliders 47 covering on thefront pin 46, a third elastic element 48 between the striker lever 30and the pressing lever 40, and a hand cover 50 pivotally linked to therear pin 15 and having a pair of inner grooves 51 for respectivelycontaining the pair of square sliders 47 therein.

In use, the labor-saving stapler 1 of the invention is in a spare statusas shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, in which the first, the second and the thirdelastic elements 23, 34 and 48 are fully expanded. The user is able toplace a pile of papers need to be stapled between the magazine front 22and the anvil 11 and then press down the hand cover 50. The hand cover50 will rotate round the rear pin 15 and the inner grooves 51 will pressthe square sliders 47 downward. The square sliders 47 are driven to movedownward and at the same time, slide forward along the inner grooves 51.As the square sliders 47 move downward, the lever front 41 of the handlever 40 rotate round the middle pin 44 against the first, the secondand the third elastic elements 23, 34 and 48. Simultaneously, the reargears 42 rotate round the front gears 14 like a planetary gear and godownward. As the rear gears 42 rotates downward, the middle pin 44 willurge the striker lever 30 move downward to staple. After the stapling,the user is able to release the hand lever 40 and the first, the secondand the third elastic elements 23, 34 and 48 will respectively urge thestaple magazine 20, the striker lever 30 and the pressing lever 40 backto the spare status. If staples need to be reloaded to the staplemagazine 20, the user is able to pull the hand cover 50 upward and therear gear 42 will leave and disengage with the front gear 14 and thestriker lever 30 will be able to be lifted for reloading staples, asshown in FIG. 5. The striker lever 30, the staple magazine 20, and theirrelation to staple reloading are conventional skills and will notdescribed here in detail.

As especially shown in FIG. 4, an arm of a hand pressing force al isusually 7-10 times of an arm of a rear gears' 42 reaction force a2, andan arm of a stapling resistance a3 is usually 3 times of an arm of amiddle pin's 43 pressing force a4. Therefore, a leverage effect of thelabor-saving stapler is able to about 7/3-10/3 times. From abovedescription, it could be seen that the labor-saving stapler has a highlabor efficiency and at the same time, has a simple structure which ismuch more credible. As especially shown in FIG. 2, a rubber pad 52 maybe provided on the hand cover 50 for better feeling of touch of user'shand.

From above description, it is seen that the objects of the presentinvention have been fully and effectively accomplished. Embodiment ofthe invention has been shown and described for the purposes ofillustrating the functional and structural principles of the presentinvention and is subject to change without departure from theinvention's principles. Therefore, this invention includes allmodifications encompassed within the spirit and scope of the followingclaims.

1. An openable labor-saving stapler comprising: a base, an anvil formedon a front end of the base, a pair of frames being formed on a rear endof the base and each having a rear hole and a front gear, a rear pinpassing across the rear holes on the pair of frames, a staple magazinehaving a magazine rear pivotally linked to the rear pin and a magazinefront, a first elastic element between the base and the staple magazine,a striker lever having a striker rear pivotally linked to the rear pin,a striker front having a striker, and a pair of middle striker openingsdefined therein, a second elastic element between the staple magazineand the striker lever, a pressing lever having a lever front, a pair ofrear gears each being meshable with one of the front gears, a pair ofmiddle lever openings defined therein, a middle pin passing across themiddle striker openings in the striker lever and the middle leveropenings in the pressing lever, a third elastic element between thestriker lever and the pressing lever, and, a hand cover pivotally linkedto the rear pin.
 2. The openable labor-saving stapler as claimed inclaim 1, wherein the pressing lever further has a pair of front leveropenings defined therein, a front pin passing across the pair of frontlever openings, and a pair of square sliders covering on the front pin,and the hand cover further has a pair of inner grooves for respectivelycontaining the pair of square sliders therein.